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left me and seiïor Grados in Llanganuco on next day, where we had accommodation in the guards' house of the Huascarán National Park. Having all the necessary permissions I could work without any problem (Bálint 1996). In spite of that we were in the rainy season, the weather was usually clear until 2 p.m. I could study some populations of the following lycaenids: Madeleiena koa, M. huascarana, Penaincisalia culminicola, P. sp. n. "rosada" (see Lamas and Perez 1983) and P. aurulenta. Later in the afternoon the winds became very strong and the actual field work with lycaenids had to be discontinued. We returned Lima on the 13th and on the next day I could already start a longer trip to southern Peru again in the company of the three above mentioned persons. This trip was dedicated mainly to sampling several habitats never visited before. Accordingly we stopped regularly and collected along the roadsides or river banks. The visited biotopes situated from sea level up to 5300 m, containing various type of habitats: saline marshes, weedy roadsides, abandoned orchards, dried out water courses in semideserts, puna with large tufts of Stipa ichu and vichunas, Polylepis woodlands, Asiragalus-Juniperus steppe and very dry high Andean puna above 5000 m. The bright sunny day in the close vicinity of Incuyo made it possible to study the life history of Madeleinea sigal, Nabokovia excisicosla and Paralycaeides inconspicua. Our second visit to Pampa Galeras, the famous vichuna reservation, offered a lucky morning to discover a strong population of Paralycaeides inconspicua. My original plan was fulfilled: I studied the ecology of several high Andean lycaenids in details, therefore our ecological knowledge concerning the Neotropical lycaenid genera liylos, Leptotes, Madeleinea, Nabokovia and Penaincisalia have been considerably enlarged (Bálint in prep). The collected material serves a good basis for further taxonomic investigations of the high Andean elfin and polyommatine butterflies. LIST OF THE LOCALITIES No. 1. Department Lima, Rio Rímac, Quebrada Chinchán 4250 m, 11'37"S/76'14"W, 3. II. 1995. A high Andean puna with large tufts of Stipa ichu and several little Astragalus with purple flowers. Butterflies (Pieridae, Lycaenidae) and skippers collected between 11.15-13.00 h. Lycaenidae: Itylos titicaca, Madeleinea ardisensis, M. cobaltana. No. 2. Department Lima, Rio Rímac, Quebrada Santa Rosa 3950 m, 11'41"S/ 76'16'W, 3. II. 1995. A trail serpentine with luxuriant herbaceous and shrubby roadside vegetation. Butterflies (Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae) and skippers between 13.45-15.00 h. Lycaenidae: Itylos titicaca. No. 3. Department Ancash, Rio Fortaleza, Raquia 2150 m, 10'10"S/77'28"W, 6. II. 1995. A little valley with Malus plantage along a mountain brook and heavily grazed vegetation along the road. Butterflies (Pieridae, Danaidae, Satyridae, Lycaenidae) and skippers collected between 13.30-14.15 h. Lycaenidae: Galba elvira, Leptotes trigemmatus, Hemiargus ramon. No. 4. Department Ancash, Cordillera Bianca, Laguna Parón 4300 m, 7. II. 1995. Scarce Polylepis woodland along the lake situated on steep rocky swards. Butterflies (Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Satyridae, Lycaenidae) and skippers collected between 11.30-13.30 h.